%0 Journal Article %T PROTECTIVE EFFECT OF VANILLIC ACID ON OVARIECTOMY-INDUCED OSTEOPOROSIS IN RATS %A Bo Gou %A Liang Bo Jiang %A Yong Gui Wang %J Archive of "African Journal of Traditional, Complementary, and Alternative Medicines". %D 2017 %R 10.21010/ajtcam.v14i4.4 %X The need for an anti-osteoporotic agent is in high demand since osteoporosis contributes to high rates of disability or impairment (high osteoporotic fracture), morbidity and mortality. Hence, the present study is designed to evaluate the protective effects of vanillic acid (VA) against bilateral ovariectomy-induced osteoporosis in female Sprague-Dawley (SD) rats %K Osteoporosis %K Vanillic acid %K Ovariectomy %K Antioxidant %K Inflammatory markers %U https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC5471479/